Cerberilla annulata

Cerberilla annulata is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine heterobranch mollusc in the family Aeolidiidae.[2]

Cerberilla annulata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
clade Nudibranchia
clade Dexiarchia
clade Cladobranchia
clade Aeolidida
Superfamily:
Aeolidioidea
Family:
Aeolidiidae
Genus:
Cerberilla
Species:
C. annulata
Binomial name
Cerberilla annulata
(Quoy & Gaimard, 1832)[1]
Synonyms

Eolidia annulata Quoy & Gaimard, 1832

Distribution

This species was described from New Caledonia. It has been reported from localities in the Indo-West Pacific region from Tanzania, Tahiti and New Caledonia and is probably widespread in the Indo-West Pacific.[3]

Description

All Cerberilla species have a broad foot and the cerata are long and numerous, arranged in transverse rows across the body. In this species the long oral tentacles have diffuse bands of light and dark blue and there is a narrow band of black and a band of yellow on each of the white cerata. Some specimens have white pigment on the oral tentacles and broad black bands on the cerata and this name may represent a species complex.

Ecology

Species of Cerberilla live on and in sandy substrates where they burrow beneath the surface and feed on burrowing sea anemones.

References
  1. Quoy, J.R. & Gaimard, J.P. (1832). Voyages de découvertes de l'Astrolabe pendant les annees 1826-1829 sous le commandement de M.J. Dumont d'Urville. Zoologie, 2: 1-686.
  2. Rosenberg, G. (2015). Cerberilla annulata. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-11-09
  3. Rudman, W.B., 1999 (November 25) Cerberilla annulata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832). [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
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